Auradu, Auradu Limestone (Paleocene of Somalia)

Where: Somalia (10.0° N, 45.3° E: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 36.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Auradu Limestone Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. W. Gregory. 1900. On the geology and fossil corals and echinids of Somaliland. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 56:26-45 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87396: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.03.2009, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet.1 Bourne 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Litharaea colae n. sp." = Goniopora microscopica
"Litharaea colae n. sp." = Goniopora microscopica Duncan 1863 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Phyllocoeniidae
"Columnastraea phillipsiae n. sp." = Reussicoenia edwardsi
"Columnastraea phillipsiae n. sp." = Reussicoenia edwardsi Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
"Columnastraea bicoronata n. sp." = Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata
"Columnastraea bicoronata n. sp." = Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia somaliensis n. sp. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Parasmiliidae
"Calamophyllia aylmeri n. sp." = Tubicora aylmeri
"Calamophyllia aylmeri n. sp." = Tubicora aylmeri Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
Cunnolites sp.2 Gagnebin 1772 stony coral